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September 18, 2017

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement on Governor Bill Haslam's decision to reinstate workforce requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in most counties in Tennessee, including Shelby County, beginning February 1, 2018.

September 5, 2017

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

July 19, 2017

A group of liberal House Democrats stepped up criticism of President Trump on Wednesday, introducing a "no confidence" resolution that officially questions Trump's fitness to serve as commander in chief.

It logs a laundry list of controversies swirling around the president — including his campaign's many contacts with Russian officials, his refusal to release his taxes, his verbal attacks on women and the press, and his firing of FBI Director James Comey.

July 19, 2017

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today introduced a Resolution of No Confidence in President Donald J. Trump. The resolution details President Trump's unacceptable behavior as President and expresses a lack of confidence in his service. A copy of the resolution can be found here.

July 18, 2017

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned safety officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation about school bus safety and contracting oversight issues for bus drivers that may have contributed to the deaths of innocent Americans and school-aged children in Chattanooga, TN and Baltimore, MD in November 2016.

June 22, 2017

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the Senate Republicans' draft bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act: